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Patent GB-190416067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Producers.
Inventor: GRICE HARRY JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-20
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 16,067. Grioe, H. J. July 20. Gas-producers; firebars.-Relates to a gas-producing plant of the kind employed for feeding gas engines, and in which the engine controls the rate of gas production. The upper part of the producer a is provided with a water-chamber b, surrounding the fuel - admission aperture c, and provided with a ball-and float valve. This waterchamber is in connection with the exhaust pipe of the engine, and, by means of a pipe f, with a tubular steam-generator h. After each explosion in the engine, the exhaust gas displaces water in the chamber b, and forces it into the steam-generator h, from which steam passes through a pipe i to a superheater j. Air is also admitted to the superheater, and with steam escapes beneath the firegrate, which is made up of a number of rotatable bars q, having cog-like projections as shown in Fig. 4. Gas from the producer passes over the steam generator h, and escapes to a cooler m, hydraulic box n, and a separator or cleaner o. The gas passes up a central pipe r within the cleaner, meets water from a sprinkler s, and flows down through coke t to a separator u, which is provided with a number of pipes v, communicating with a cleaning and drying chamber w, whence it passes to the engine. The upper ends of the pipes v are shielded to prevent water from the sprinklers entering the bottom chamber.
Patent GB-190416341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pedals for Cycles.
Inventor: SCHWERER JOSEPH ROBERT
Filed: 1904-07-23
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 16,341. Schwerer, J. R. July 23. Pedals.-To increase the power, cycle pedals a are carried by arms b pivoted to the usual pedal spindle c.
Patent GB-190417093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Capsuling or Hermetically Closing Bottles, Flagons, and other Receivers.
Inventor: VALETTE ANGE PIERRE LOUIS
Filed: 1904-08-04
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 17,093. Valette, A. P. L. Aug. 4. Stoppers; capsules, bottle.-A capsule a, Fig, 5, of celluloid is made to adhere strongly to the neck of a bottle by a ring d of celluloid. The ring is steeped in boiling water in order to dilate it, and it may then be further extended on a mandrel, after which it is placed on the capsule ; finally, the whole capsule is steeped in boiling water so as to restore the molecules to their normal state. The ring may be employed alone, as shown in Fig. 7, to close jars and pots hermetically. Also, the ring and capsule may be made in one piece.
Patent GB-190422311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stethoscopes.
Inventor: BOWLES ROBERT CALDWELL MACKAY
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 22,311. Bowles, R. C. M. April 9, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Stethoscopes.-A stethoscope is constructed with a diaphragm narrower at one end than at the other, so that contact may be made with large or small areas of the body. The body portion a is fitted with a sound-tube f and a hard rubber diaphragm c, which is held in place by a ring e screwed to the part a.
Patent GB-190424470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas or Vapour Apparatus for Electric Lighting, Rectifying, and other purposes.
Inventor: HEWITT PETER COOPER
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 24,470. Hewitt, P. C. Nov. 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Vacuum tubes.-The current is started through a mercury-vapour apparatus by throwing a thin stream of mercury from one electrode to another. In one form, the container 1, Fig. 1, is formed with a stricture of the shape shown in Fig. 4, beneath which floats in mercury an iron armature 5 coated with glass &c. to retain any occluded gases, and provided with an extension 7, a nozzle 9, and a perforation 8 running from top to bottom. A socket 6, in which the tail 7 fits, is fixed in the bottom of the vessel. A coil 10 is wound round the outside of the tube, and may be connected with a switch 19, which automatically cuts out the coil when the current flows through the vapour. When the current is switched on, the coil 10 is energized, and sucks down the armature into the socket 6, thus forcing a jet of mercury across the container and starting the apparatus. In another form, mercury is retained in a recess at the top of the container, till an armature is raised by the actuating-coil and opens a needle valve, which allows the mercury to fall on to the lower electrode, contact between the stream and main body of the mercury being maintained by a suitable conducting- strip. The mercury in the recess may form the cathode, or it may be connected to a separate anode above it so that the mercury which has fallen acts as the cathode.
Patent GB-190425094-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Alarm Clock and Phonograph.
Inventor: WOZENCRAFT JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 25,094. Wozencraft, J. A. Nov. 18. Signals, time-alarm and audible. - The alarm train of a clock drives a phonograph, and the contents of the record are repeated with intervals of silence. The record S is carried by a cylinder or ring C, Fig. 3, which with arms F and a central pulley H forms a wheel to overlap a round clock case and turn on a central socket D containing the hand-setting square. A side arbor i in the alarm train is provided with a pulley I, which drives the pulley H by the endless band J. The motion may be stopped by means of a brake X<1>. The arrangement allows access to the winding and setting arbors K, L, R. The trumpet bearing the reproducer S<2> is carried by an arbor T, which is turned by a spring and train in a box U on a bracket U' so as to carry the reproducer across the record and then swing it round in silence to make another transit.
Patent GB-190427949-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Devices for Cleaning Beer Pipe Conduits.
Inventor: BOLLE CARL
Filed: 1904-12-21
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 27,949. BollÚ, C., [M³ller, A.]. Dec. 21. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-In beer drawing-off apparatus, the pipes are cleansed with lye and afterwards flushed with water by using the suction pipe as the long leg of a siphon and connecting the drawing-off cock to a water-supply cock. After the barrel is disconnected from the suction pipe a, the plug of the draw-off cock is removed and the casing b is stopped by the rubber cone f, which is operated by the screw g, carried by the yoke e, fitted with the nipple i and cock k. The pipe l, forming the short leg of the siphon, dips into a vessel q containing the lye, while the nipple i is connected to the water-service cock c by the tube d. The siphon is charged with water and the cock c closed ; the cock k is then opened until lye flows from the lower end of the pipe a. After cleansing, the pipes are flushed by opening the cock c. Disconnectible couplings; taps and pipes, connecting.-The rubber-lined socket of the pipe d is connected to the cock c by a ring n having a tightening-screw o, linked, as shown, to the socket m.
Patent GB-190511257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Buckles.
Inventor: BARABASZ MIECZYSLAW
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 11,257. Barabasz, M. May 30. Buckles.-A suspender, belt, trouser-strap, &c. buckle comprises a curved sheet-metal frame with end bars c, Fig. 1, joined by a number of crossbars. The bar g carries inwardly - turned spikes l, the bar f an outwardly-turned edge n, and the bar e outwardly-turned d spikes o, while the bars c, d are plain. The strap or web p is threaded through the buckle as shown in Fig. 3, and securely held by the two sets of teeth.
Patent GB-190511528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Spring or Elastic Washers.
Inventor: SPIEGEL CARL
Filed: 1905-06-01
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 11,528. Spiegel, C. June 1. Bending.-A washer having the section shown in Fig. 5 is made by successive hot stamping. The die d first presses a disk into the die e. A die with a conical recess then beads the sides c inwards, and finally a die with a plane surface folds them down as shown.
Patent GB-190513083-A (GB)
Title: Process for Ornamenting Porcelain, Stone Ware, Majolica-ware, Bricks and the like by Means of Transfer Designs.
Inventor: WACHTER WILHELM
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 13,083. Wachter, W. June 24. Ornamenting metal, pottery, &c. surfaces. - In ornamenting porcelain, stoneware, majolica-ware, bricks, metal sheets, &c., a design is transferred by means of paper, which is first coated with a gummy solution of a carbohydrate in water, and then with a glaze mixed with a vehicle consisting of a similar carbohydrate solution, to which fat, dextrin, &c. may be added. Varnish is also mentioned as a vehicle. The paper is finally printed with colour containing the same mixture as a vehicle, and is applied to the article to be decorated, which is then glazed and burnt in a single firing opeiation. The carbohydrate solution preferably consists of 300 grammes of burnt sugar dissolved in a mucilage consisting of 200 grammes of carrageen in 100 grammes of water.
Patent GB-190513418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Certain Kinds of Domestic Fire Grates.
Inventor: WEBB HENRY CHALK
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 13,418. Webb, H. C., and Webb, A. A. June 29. Cooking - ranges &c., convertible close and open; doors ; blowers. - The fire-place of a cooking- range &c. is opened and closed by means of an L-shaped piece on the hot-plate and in the boiler flue, and a door or panel sliding on the range &c. front. The L-shaped piece c, Fig. 3, is movable backwards and forwards in the flue h and in guides f<2> on the hot-plate, and opens or closes the top of the fire and the entrance h<2> to the flue ; the front of the fire is covered or uncovered by means of a horizontallysliding door or panel a, Fig. 2, which, when moved aside from the fire, appears to form part of the " sham " side of the range. The panel a runs in guides a<3>, and a sheet g of uralite or the like is fitted in it to prevent the knob a<2> and the front surface from getting hot. In a modification, the L-shaped piece c is fitted with wings i, Fig. 5, which close the oven flue m.
Patent GB-190513494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Window Sashes and the like
Inventor: THOMAS WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 13,494. Thomas, W. J. July 1. Sash and like fastenings. - Sliding window sashes and the like are automatically fastened by a circular bolt A with a radial arm pivoted at the centre of the circle. When the window is closed, the tripper F on the top sash, passing through a slot in the case plate B on the lower sash, lifts the gravity catch C, pivoted to the straight end of the belt A, out of engagement with the stop H. The spring G then forces the bolt A round the standard D, the catch C sliding along the platform E. The section of the bolt A may taper upwards, and the standard D be undercut to correspond, the sashes being drawn together when the bolt is shot.
Patent GB-190513990-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Instrument for Measuring and Recording the Volume of Gases Flowing through Pipes.
Filed: 1905-07-07
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 13,990. Beardmore & Co., W., and Stokes, J. W. B. July.7. A nemometers.- In a gas pipe B is placed an anemometer A, of any known form, which drives an arm C by a train of reducing- gearing. The arm C makes contact once in a revolution with two studs C<1>, C<2>, thus closing the circuit of an electro - magnet E<2> with a hinged armature G, to which is attached a pawl which drives a counting- mechanism G'. To record the velocity of the gas, as well as the amount passing, the armature G may move a pen on a travelling strip of paper.
Patent GB-190514791-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Screw-driver.
Inventor: CAMPBELL JOHN DAVIS
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 14,791. Campbell, J. D. July 18. Screwdrivers.-In a screwdriver of the type having spring-closed jaws which are pivoted to a sleeve-block slidable on the blade, and which hold the head of a screw while it is being driven, an improved construction of jaws and arrangement of springs is provided. Hollow jaw levers 1, 2 have ears 4, 5 overlapping each other, inwardly-extending flanges 6 having notches 7 for engaging the head of a screw, and, at the upper ends, inwardlyextending flanges 8, while they are pivoted by pins 9 to a sleeve 11 sliding on the blade 13. A leaf spring 14 holds the jaws closed and its ends 16 engage the flanges 8. A spring 17, bearing against the leaf spring and a pin 18 in the blade, presses the jaws backward on the blade.
Patent GB-190515887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Pressing Ways of Continuously Acting Presses for Manufacturing Linoleum, Pressing Cloth and the like.
Inventor: INGLEBY JOHN CONRAD BEDFORD
Filed: 1905-08-03
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 15,887. Ingleby, J. C. B. Aug. 3. Pressing.-Relates to means for driving and guiding the pressing-ways'of continuously-moving presses, such as those described in Specifications Nos. 6786 and 8324, A.D. 1902, for manufacturing linoleum and for pressing cloth &c. The pressing-blocks a, Fig. 1, have teeth or r projections b cast or otherwise secured thereto, and they are engaged by endless chains c, which are driven by sprocketwheels f and are formed of stampedout flat pieces of metal enlarged at the ends on one or both sides of the pin-holes to form teeth d, according to whether one or two sets of blocks have to be driven. To prevent side creep, the antifriction rollers i are guided by grooves or notches j, Fig. 6, made in the face of the press-head or in the pressing-blocks, or the inner corners of the blocks a are bevelled to form the guiding-grooves. The rollers i are loosely connected by links k to allow their whole lengths to enter grooves j, so that they adjust themselves periodically at right-angles to the direction of motion. Where the blocks are hinge-jointed on the outside, the grooves formed by bevelling away the blocks to permit of bending round the corners serve as a substitute for the grooves or notches j, Fig. 6. In a modification, a series of longitudinal grooves or races are used in which run short rollers or steel balls n, Fig. 10, the bearing-grooves being formed of steel liners p fitted in the bottom of wider grooves in the press-plates a and the press-heads h. A guide-plate 2, Fig. 6, prevents the balls &c. from falling away as they pass round the semicircular ends of the press-heads h. The balls may be spaced apart by being caged in holes formed in strips of metal sufficiently long to contain one, two, or more balls and somewhat thicker than usual. The races or grooves may be filled alternately with balls and cubes. As an additional or alternative method of reducing side creep, the side thrust is taken by a chain of rollers q, Fig. 12, at each side of the blocks a, the chain bending outwards at each end and returning in the same horizontal plane ; or balls are used instead of the rollers, and they may pass round in either a vertical or a horizontal plane. In this case, a guiding- groove is formed round the side of the press-head, and a retaining-plate is provided to prevent the balls from falling away when not retained in position by the press plates or blocks a.
Patent GB-190516885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knife Cleaning Boards.
Inventor: APPLETON DAVID
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 16,885. Appleton, D. Aug. 21. Knives, cleaning. - Two transverse, parallel grooves such as d, Fig. 4, are formed at one end of a strip of cardboard, the other side of the cardboard being beaded at the back of the grooves. This end is then turned up as shown in Fig. 2 to form the top and side of a receptacle for waste powder, which is made rigid by side clips c formed of similarly grooved cardboard glued or otherwise fixed to it. This receptacle for loose powder may have a loose bottom. A strip of floorcloth g or other material is mounted on the board, and its other end is formed with a transverse groove so that it may be turned up to form a handle.
Patent GB-190520693-A (GB)
Title: Improved Centering and Gauging Instrument for Bars.
Inventor: HEARSON THOMAS ALFRED
Filed: 1905-10-12
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 20,693. Hearson, T. A., [Hearson, H. R.]. Oct. 12. Tools for setting-out work; centre-punches.-An appliance for measuring the diameter and degree of taper of a shaft, and for marking the centre upon one end, comprises two iris diaphragms, arranged at a constant distance apart in a cylindrical casing, in combination with a centre-punch. A simpler form has only one diaphragm. The plates f of each diaphragm, which may be three or four in number, are shown as being pivoted to a ring e in the casing and connected by pins f to a slotted ring g carrying a finger plate j. The slotted ring g may, however, be fixed, and the pivot ring e movable, or the connecting-pins may be carried by a ring and work in slots in the diaphragm plates. The finger plates j move against a scale k attached to the casing, and the slots may be shaped to render this scale uniform. This is approximately the case with radial slots. Acentrepunch c is carried in a tubular end piece, and may be held out of action by a spring, while the end piece itself may be unscrewed for measurements of other parts of a shaft than the ends. In the single-diaphragm construction, each plate may have a curved shoulder formed on it, which fits against and keeps the gauge parallel to the shaft, and renders the apparatus more durable.
Patent GB-190602309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baskets, and Similar Articles
Inventor: COMINGS WILLIAM RIGHTER
Filed: 1906-01-30
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 2309. Comings, W. R. Jan. 30. Baskets for fruit &c. are made as shown in Fig. 2 from paper, cardboard, or like blanks, shaped and scored as shown in Fig. 1, to be folded by the user. The folds are secured either by wire, tape, cord, &c. handles or by eyelets 17 attaching card handles 15. Lids 14 secured by staples 16 may be provided. The box may be lined with waterproof paper or the blank itself may be treated with a waterproofing-composition.
Patent GB-190603306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Moulding Machines
Inventor: ARDELT ROBERT
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 3306. Ardelt, R. Feb. 10. Moulding; hammers, power.- In vertical pipemoulding machines, the sand is compressed by resilient fingers 3, Fig. 1, formed on a ring 2 provided with rods 4 engaged by wooden or like blocks, alternately lifted and released by rollers 15, Fig. 4. The blocks fall on to a stop-plate. The roller bearings are eccentrically mounted in the bosses of segments 16 gearing with pinions on shafts having arms connected' by a spring 18 to maintain uniform pressure of the rolls against the blocks. The apparatus is mounted on a toothed annulus 9, rotatable and slidable in a balanced support 10 rotatable at 13. The wheel 9 is rotated by ordinary ratchet mechanism to equalize the action of the fingers 3 round the mould. When-adjusting for a new mould, the rammer may be let down by a winch gear provided with a brake.
Patent GB-190603684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Incandescing Bodies for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 3684. Just, A., Hanaman, F., Landesberger, H., Salzmann, I., and Vereinigte Electricitõts Akt.-Ges. Feb. 14. Incandescent lamps. - Comprises improvements on the process described in Specification No. 11,949, A.D. 1905, for making filaments of tungsten or molybdenum or alloys of them, by coating carbon filaments, optionally containing tungsten &c., with these metals, heating the coated filaments by current in an inert gas until the carbon is dissolved, and then decarbonizing. According to the present invention, the solution of the carbon and its removal take place simultaneously, the coated filaments being heated in hydrogen containing a little steam or oxidizing-gas in a manner analogous to that described in Specification No. 23,899, A.D. 1904. The gases preferably are under reduced pressure.
Patent GB-190604241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cardboard or Paper Board Boxes
Inventor: BURNSIDE ALEXANDER MITCHELL
Filed: 1906-02-21
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 4241. Burnside, A. M. Feb. 21. Cardboard boxes.-Relates to a development of the invention described in Specification No. 22,856, A.D. 1902. The lid and body of a cardboard or paper-board box are made from a single blank creased transversely along the lines c, Fig. 1, and longitudinally along the lines b, and cut transversely along the lines g. The blank is folded along the lines indicated, and when set up has the appearance shown in Fig. 2, the end parts i of the body e and lid f being turned in against the sides d and secured by fasteners h or in any equivalent manner. In a modified form of the box, the sides d are further scored near their edges parallel to their length, to form overlapping rims or edges, which are secured in position by fasteners, the ends i being tucked in under the rims thus formed. The box can be packed flat.
Patent GB-190606006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Switches.
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 6006. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.] March 12, Switches.-Relates to the contact-arms of poweroperated switches such as are described in Specification No. 11,090, A.D. 1904, in systems of motor control, wherein the actuating-electromagnets of the separate switches .are controlled by a mastercontroller. The moving contact 9 is attached to an arm 5 consisting of a resilient metal strip 6, pivoted at 8, to which arc fastened flexible copper strips 14 looping over the pivot 8 and secured to the terminals. The arm passes through a jaw 10 in the lower end of the plunger 3, and rests on a roller 11. On the switch being closed, the contact 9 and the fixed contact engage at the extreme ends, contact 9 then wipes across and rolls on the other contact, and contact is finally made at the inner ends or heels of the contacts, thus avoiding sparking at the place where the circuit is maintained.
Patent GB-190608538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Distance and Course Recording Apparatus for Ships.
Inventor: FORBES WILLIAM CHALMERS
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-04-09
Abstract: 8538. Forbes, W. C., and Clift, C. E. April 9. Logs; course recorders; compasses, magnetic.-Relates to distance and course recording apparatus of the kind described in Specifications No. 25,241, A.D. 1902, and Nos. 3622 and 3622A, A.D. 1905. The rotor D is mounted in a single tube A, which passes through a cock K capable of closing the aperture in the ship's side when the tube is withdrawn. The rotor is connected to the distance indicator Q by telescopic rods, so that the tube may be readily withdrawn by means of the rack and pinion L. The frame c, Fig. 3, surrounding the compass and carrying the course - re - cording pencil d is pivotally mounted on a bridgepiece a;attached to the bowl. A radial slotted arm Y, engaging with a pin f projecting from the frame, is rotated by a light rod X mounted on the compass card. The indicator Q is connected electrically or otherwise with a pencil e, which marks the moving indicator-sheet V. In a modification, the escape orifice C for the water leaving the rotor is formed in the part of the tube outside the ship.